Molding



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CORSOE-ATION OF NDANA.

Appieaten led February 5, 192'?.

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li intention l io improvements in Yfillers intended nous uses including those fillers r 1n moldings applied to upholstering a. e. other parte of motor The improvement consists in making ai paper filler having the quality of being readily bent into different positions to render it suitable for moldings and variety of other uses.

Heretofore it has been usual to .employ leather7 rubber and similar material for forming fillers to be used in the manner heretofore mentioned.

A filler of such character is expensive and is objectionable for other reasons. Paper has been tried, but in such cases the same has not been manipulated in a way to make it suitable and for one thing it has almost been impossible for it to retain its form and shape when bent into various positions.

The improvement herein described consists in folding a sheet of Japanese crepe paper or any similar paper into a tube shape with a coating of cement on the surfaces of the sheet of such character that the folds of the paper will be securely held against displacement thereby insuring the filler retaining its shape even though the tube is twisted or bent into any-or all kinds of positions and shapes. The character of the sheet of paper from which the tube is formed is preferably such that it can be readily stretched; this insures the filler being especially adapted for use in an article wherein the product is capable of being bent into various positions and shapes.

@ther objects and advantages will be in part indicated in the following description and in part rendered apparenttherefrom in connection with the annexed drawings.

To enable others skilled in the art so fully to apprehend the underlying features hereof that they may embody the same in the various ways contemplated by this invention, drawings depicting a preferred typical construction have been annexed as a part of this disclosure and, in such drawings. like characters of reference denote corresponding paris throughout all the views, of which Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a detail of the sheet of paper. Fig. 2 shows the paper as it progresses into its final shape of a. tube or tape. Figs. 3 and 4 show in detail part of the tube prior to its being NDIANA.

@GHORS TO THE GEORGE R. CARTER CMPELNY, OF CGNNEHSV'ILLE, INDANA, A

HOLDING.

Serial No. 1661.123.

molded into its final shape. while 5 and (l are detail views of the tube after it has been molded into shape and Fig. i" is an enlarged new showing` 'the manner in which the folds of the paper are secured together bv the coating of adhesive substance. Figs. S and 9 are detail views of the molding to which the filler is applied, in open position. and Figs. l0 and 11 show the molding in Iclosed position while Fig. l2 is a detail showing the serpentine wire and Fig. 13 is a detail of a modified molding. y

The sheet of paper from which the molding is formed is indicated by l. lt is apparent from Fig. l that this paper is slightly creased and of such general character that by pushing the side edges together there can be formed folds such as indicated in Figs. 4, t3 and Y. The surfaces of the sheet are preferably coated with the proper cement and consequently when the folds are formed and pressed together the cement will hold the folds together. As indicated in Fig. 3 the top surfaces of the folds are rather regular and present a smooth surface so that any covering that surrounds the filler will necessarily have the most desirable contact with the filler so as to enable it and the cover to be securely held together. In some instances, where paper has been tried. the paper was often twisted so that the contact surfaces of the paper were irregular and not smooth and there was not sufficient contacting` surface with the cover to insure the cover being propr erly secured to the filler.

Referring to Figs. 8, 9, l0 and ll, the cover for the molding is indicated by 2 and it is manifest that this cover passes around the fillers l. ln the upper part of Figs. 9 and 11 there is shown a filler of round tubular shape while the lower part of the figure shows a filler that is molded into elongated shape. but in each instance the cover 2 is securely connected to the filler. As indicated in 8, one of the uses of the filler Q is with a molding` which is secured to the motor car by fasteners 3 and these fasteners are concealed by the fiaps of the cover which are held in closed position by the serpentine wire heretofore fully set forth in Letters Patent No. lS'lQ, issued August 1G. 192i. to il. l). Bolender and E. Creamer.

lithout further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of this invention that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt it for Various utilizations by retaining one orinore of the features that, from the standpoint ot' the prior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics oi either the generic or specific aspects of this inven* tion and, therefore, such adaptations should be, and are intended to be, comprehend/ed yclaim as new and desire to secure the following combination and elements, or equivalents thereof, by Letters Patent of the United States .pressed together and forming continuous contacting surfaces onhoth sides thereo'tl of such character that the finished article forms substantially an accordion pleat depending on compression and an adhesive substance for holding the flut-ings together.

ln Witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names.

JOEL DENHAM BOLENDER.

EDGAR R. CREAMER. 

